Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Home
» Guide »
Arthropods (Arthropoda)
»
Hexapods (Hexapoda)
»
Insects (Insecta)
»
Beetles (Coleoptera)
»
Polyphaga
»
Series Cucujiformia
»
Curculionoidea
»
Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae)
»
Bark and Ambrosia Beetles (Scolytinae)
»
Phloeosinini
»
Chramesus
Genus
Chramesus
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga
No Taxon
(Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily
Curculionoidea
Family
Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Subfamily
Scolytinae (Bark and Ambrosia Beetles)
Tribe
Phloeosinini
Genus
Chramesus
Explanation of Names
Chramesus
LeConte 1868
Numbers
9 spp. in our area, >90 total
(
1
)
Size
1.2–2.7 mm
(
1
)
Identification
Antennal club solid and unmarked by sutures
(
2
)
Range
e. Canada, so. CA to Argentina
(
1
)
Food
Phloeophagous (bark feeding) on twigs/small branches of various woody plants
(
2
)
, incl.
Celtis
spp. (Thomas H. Atkinson, pers. comm., Aug 2008)
Internet References
Images of
Chramesus
spp.
Genus page
(
1
)
Works Cited
1.
Mercado J.E. (2011) Bark beetle genera of the United States
2.
American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by
Mike Quinn
on 3 August, 2008 - 10:56am
Additional contributions by
v belov
Last updated 23 January, 2015 - 2:50pm